Hearings
England & Wales
27 Jun 1991 [1992] Fam 94; [1992] 2 WLR 610; [1992] 2 All ER 494; [1992] 1 FLR 282; The Times, 8 July 1991; The Independent, 10 July 1991, Fam D (Ward J)
Hager v Osborne
Subject Matter
CHILDREN — Financial provision — Jurisdiction — Mother's affiliation complaint dismissed — Subsequent enactment of provision enabling parent to seek financial relief — Availability of new paternity tests — Mother's application for financial relief — Whether new provision retrospective — Whether mother estopped by dismissal of affiliation complaint — Whether application abuse of process — Guardianship of Minors Act 1971, s 11B (as inserted by Family Law Reform Act 1987, s 12)